Laura Huxley POVAs Laura Huxley regained consciousness, she could have sworn she was near the sea or maybe on a boat. However, her awareness was quickly consumed by the realization that she was tied down to a chair. Memories of what had happened came flooding back, accompanied by a sharp pang of pain. It was clear she had not managed to escape.Laura regretted not leaving her employer, Jake, much earlier. If she had known about his ties to the Mafia or his involvement in their business, she would have quit long ago. The hit had been executed with deadly precision. The Mafia hitmen had walked into the restaurant, unconcerned by the presence of other people, and shot Jake straight in the head.Laura recognized the audacity of the attack, as only one Mafia group would be capable of such a brazen operation. She knew this from previous experience. After witnessing her boss's murder, she had expected the hitmen to eliminate all witnesses, including herself. Yet here she was, still aliv

Armani Steele POVArmani Steele stepped out of his private jet into the hot afternoon sun. He squinted his eyes against the blinding sun, pulling out his sunglasses from his pocket and putting it on. He breathe in the thick hot New York air and sighed.The contrast in temperature between the two cities was a harsh reminder of how bad the deal had gone. A deal that had cost him billions of dollars and he was sure that his father was going to be on his neck the moment he met the man. If there was anything his father, Diego Steele, hates, besides his mother, it was loosing money.Owner to the biggest company, Steele Empire and arguably the most richest business man in the country, one would think his father would be less bothered about loosing a few dollars, but no. In his father’s words, ' that’s someone’s pay'.Things had been going so well, until Vito had decided to betray him and sell the cargo to another buyer over a few dollars. Any other mafia would have killed him for doubl

Armani Steele POV“ I’ll reach out to my uncle first, just stall the investigation for now, ” Armani muttered. The only reason being that he didn’t want to disrespect his Uncle, Marco, as well as give him the benefit of a doubt to explain himself.Andreas nodded, “ wise plan… I look forward to hearing from you soonest,” he said putting much emphasis on the word ' soonest'.Armani nodded his head as he walked, “ thanks for the help, I owe you big time” he muttered, not entirely sincere. Andreas had his own reasons for helping out.He had suspected that his uncle, Marco was doing something sneaky and dirty, but because he had not wanted to raise an issue of nothing, he had let it slide. So long as it didn’t affect the business, he was okay looking the other way.Using the Mafia associate to distribute illegal substances was unacceptable. They never touched drugs, he knew that. Yet he had done it anyways.His uncle was brewing trouble for them that if care was not taken, would resul